——Nature is made better by no mean,But nature makes that mean: over that artWhich you say adds to nature, is an artThat nature makes.
——Nature is made better by no mean,But nature makes that mean: over that artWhich you say adds to nature, is an artThat nature makes.
——Nature is made better by no mean,But nature makes that mean: over that artWhich you say adds to nature, is an artThat nature makes.
——Nature is made better by no mean,
But nature makes that mean: over that art
Which you say adds to nature, is an art
That nature makes.
Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard the faith which is in him. The highest truth he sees he will fearlessly utter; knowing that, let what may come of it, he is thus playing his right part in the world—knowing that if he can effect the change he aims at—well: if not—well also; though notsowell.
7.These extracts are from an article entitled “Nature and God,” published in theNational Reviewfor October, 1860.
7.These extracts are from an article entitled “Nature and God,” published in theNational Reviewfor October, 1860.